How to Use by definition in a Sentence

by definition

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• Cheese curds by definition, the best cheese curd is a fresh curd right out of the vat.
  — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2023
• Rare by definition, such things grow more elusive by the day.
  — Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
• So that's an awful lot to have done in what is, by definition, the worst year of my life.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2023
• But the universe is, by definition, all there is.
  — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
• Then there are the people who think the old days were better by definition.
  — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• Fans in many time zones will by definition be watching on demand rather than live.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
• There's always the next car and by definition the next car will be better.
  — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
• Sure, there are plenty of options that could work, but a beach bag by definition is a tote.
  — Ashley W. Simpson, Robb Report, 11 May 2023
• Classics, by definition, have aged, and some parts of these books aged badly.
  — Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2023
• That’s the case because the war against big is by definition a war against progress born of discovery.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
• If a film could be ultra-mediocre — a paradox by definition — then this one is.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• Some might argue that fantasies, by definition, know no bounds.
  — Arash Azizi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
• Kids who are young for their grade are, almost by definition, more immature than their peers.
  — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
• The act of faith, of believing, is by definition something that can’t be seen.
  — Mark Olsen, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
• Buyers would, by definition, be the source of demand.
  — Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
• The buyer of a house is, by definition, wealthy at the time of purchase; the seller may be house rich and cash poor.
  — Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2023
• But luck is random by definition.
  — Suzy Welch, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
• Enter the flip flop, which by definition is a sandal with little arch support.
  — Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 25 May 2023
• Most time – most of the time, hurricanes are hitting on the coast, hitting by definition flat land.
  — NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
• In this simple mental model, coastal cities have less room and thus, by definition, attract the elite.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• There are balls that spin less, and by definition should go straighter, because less spin generally means less slice or hook.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• That presents the ideal scenario for entrepreneurs, who by definition take risks and solve problems.
  — Dr. Eric George, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• But then by definition, people in your orbit have something to gain by being attached to that.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
• Knicks guard Jalen Brunson might not be a unicorn by definition.
  — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
• This is not a new conundrum for this genre, which centers almost by definition on the worst events of people’s lives.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
• But, in some sense, to get out of a black hole, by definition information is traveling faster than light.
  — Quanta Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
• Better still is rye whiskey, which by definition has more rye, and adds much welcome spice and complexity.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2025
• Beauty fads, by definition, come and go, slipping in and out of style over time, in a blur of nostalgia and regret.
  — Jolene Edgar, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2023
• One answer is that the new, in every field, flowers out of the old; the radical, by definition, has roots.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
• Action cameras, by definition, are small enough to mount to a helmet, on a surfboard, and squeeze into a tiny space.
  — PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025